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The FENS-Kavli Scholars Chair investigates how human memory works

08 September 2015

08 September, 2015 in FENS News The European Research Centre grantee and FENS-Kavli Scholars Chair Prof. Poirazi investigates how human memory works. You can meet her at the World Economic Forum's 'Summer Davos'. The FENS-Kavli Scholars Chair, Panayiota Poirazi, together with the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas and the ERC President, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, [...] Read More

Your ticket to independence: A guide to getting your first Principal Investigator position

02 September 2015

02 September, 2015 in FENS News In a series of opinion pieces from the FENS Kavli Network of Excellence (FKNE), the scholars aim to offer the next generation of up-and-coming PIs some advice and personal perspectives on the transition to independence, starting here with guidance on how to get hired to your first PI position. [...] Read More

The voice of the next generation

31 July 2015

31 July, 2015 in FENS News FENS President Monica di Luca, Barry Everitt and Marian Joëls published an editorial on the European Journal of Neuroscience presenting the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence, which celebrates and supports the most talented mid-career neuroscientists in Europe. The voice of next generation Di Luca M, Everitt BJ, Joels M; Eur [...] Read More

Access the EJN content on the new app

23 July 2015

23 July, 2015 in FENS News Are you a FENS member? Get access to EJN articles directly on your smartphone or tablet. About the App:- Stay up-to-date with the latest articles through EarlyView- Receive alerts when new issues are available- Download articles and issues for offline use- Save your favorite articles for quick and easy [...] Read More

FENS Forum 2016: the preliminary programme is now online

15 July 2015

15 July, 2015 in FENS News Where European Neuroscience meets the world: 2-6 July 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark The FENS Forum 2016 will comprise 56 parallel sessions across seven main themes in neuroscience: cognition, development, disease, excitability, homeostasis, methods and sensory motor. The scientific programme will consist of plenary lectures, symposia, workshops and special lectures given [...] Read More

Winner of the EJN Best Publication Award 2015 announced

14 July 2015

14 July, 2015 in FENS News In collaboration with FENS and Wiley-Blackwell, EJN is proud to announce that the winner of the "Best Publication Award 2015" is Dr. Silvina Laura Diaz, PhD, DVM, researcher at CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dr. Silvina Laura Diaz receives this Award for her publication in EJN entitled: "Paradoxical increase in survival [...] Read More

Neurobiology of language and communication

13 July 2015

13 July, 2015 in FENS News Apply for the FENS-Hertie Winter school 2015, which takes place the 3-9 January 2016, in Obergurgl, Austria Still time to apply for the upcoming FENS-Hertie Winter School, which will provide students with the latest insights into the neurobiology of language and communication, emphasising similarities across species as well as [...] Read More

SfN Travel Grants Awarded

07 July 2015

07 July, 2015 in FENS News The following applicants have been awarded a travel grant to attend the SfN Annual Meeting (Chicago, 17-21 October 2015). 10 travel grants of € 1.500 each were available and earmarked for FENS members. The grants will be distributed at the FENS booth during the SfN Meeting. Please bring along [...] Read More

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to a Neuroscience Career

24 June 2015

24 June, 2015 in FENS News Marian Joëls and FENS President Monica di Luca recently published a paper that discusses instruments and steps that can help young researchers progress in their academic career. The Hitchhiker's Guide to a Neuroscience Career Joëls M, Hoogenraad CC, Poirazi P, Di Luca M.Neuron. 2015 May 6;86(3):613-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.04.002.24 June 2015 [...] Read More

Final call for abstracts – FENS Featured Regional Meeting 2015

08 June 2015

08 June, 2015 in FENS News Only few months left to the FENS Featured Regional Meeting, which will be held at Ioannis Vellidis Congress Center in Thessaloniki, from 7 to 10 October 2015. Take an active role at the meeting by submitting your abstract and present your work at the FFRM 2015! Deadline for abstract [...] Read More

FENS funding for European Neuroscience History Projects 2015

04 June 2015

04 June, 2015 in FENS News The History Committee organises a yearly call for European History of Neuroscience Projects. This FENS initiative would like to support and stimulate the interest in the History of Neuroscience through the creation of a virtual platform dedicated to the topic. This call provides grants for outstanding projects that aim [...] Read More

FENS President Monica Di Luca awards Yassar Roudi the 2015 Eric Kandel Young Neuroscientists Prize

29 May 2015

29 May, 2015 in FENS News The Hertie Foundation in collaboration with FENS has awarded the 2015 Eric Kandel Young Neuroscientists Prize to Yasser Roudi from the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. The award which is named after the 2000 Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel “recognises the work [...] Read More

Emre Yaksi published new review article in EJN

13 May 2015

13 May, 2015 in FENS News The 2014 winner of the FENS EJN Young Investigator Research Award has published in the European Journal of Neuroscience a new review article about his work on the zebrafish brain. The paper entitled "Methods for studying the zebrafish brain: past, present and future" includes a deep analysis of the zebrafish [...] Read More

FENS statement on the decision of Nikos Logothetis to quit primate research

08 May 2015

08 May, 2015 in FENS News The message is signed on behalf of FENS by President Monica di Luca FENS regrets the decision of Nikos Logothetis, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tubingen, Germany, to stop his research on primates. However, we understand the terrible pressures from animal activist groups [...] Read More

SfN Travel Grants 2015

05 May 2015

05 May, 2015 in FENS News Stipends are available for the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) 2015, which will take place in Chicago on 17-21 October. FENS offers 10 travel grants of € 1.500 each to attend the annual meeting of the SfN (Chicago, 17-21 October 2015). Stipends are earmarked for FENS members. Online application via [...] Read More